| 单词 | shortened |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈshortened ˈshortened adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > shortened docked1408 abbreviatec1425 abridged?c1430 shorted1483 abbreviatedc1487 curtailed1561 curted1568 curtala1592 shortened1598 curt1665 brief1668 curtate1893 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 57/3 The dissease of a shortened tunge. 1645 J. Milton Passion i, in Poems 17 In Wintry solstice like the shortn'd light Soon swallow'd up in dark and long out-living night. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 67 That none shall dare With shortned Sword to stab in closer War. 1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 194 Shortened heavy-spar. 1825 W. Scott Talisman ix, in Tales Crusaders IV. 195 His red and inflamed eye, his heated hand, and his shortened respiration. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. ii. 66 Ships..driving fast to the eastward with shortened sail. 1874 W. E. Gladstone Corr. on Church & Relig. (1910) I. 397 The Bills for Clerical Subscription..and the Shortened Services. 1913 G. K. Chesterton Victorian Age in Lit. 30 Tom Moore,..a shortened shadow of Lord Byron. < as lemmas |
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